1977 Moray District Council election

1977 Moray District Council election

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All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent SNP Last election 17 seats, 86.7% 1 seats, 8.3% Seats won 15 3 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 10,791 2,144 Percentage 78.0% 15.5% Swing 8.7% 7.2%

Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background

Further information: 1974 Moray District Council election

At the previous election in 1974, the Independent group took 17 seats, to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s 1 seat.

1974 Moray District Council election result

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	17	86.7%
SNP	1	8.3%

Source: ^[1]

Results

1977 Moray District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	15	1	3	2	83.3	78.0	10,791	8.7
	SNP	3	3	1	2	16.7	15.5	2,144	7.2
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	501	New
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	2.9	400	2.1

Source: ^[2]

Ward results

Bishopmill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Anderson (Incumbent)	529	66.4
	Labour	W MacKenzie	292	35.6
Majority			237	28.8
Turnout			826	24.9
	Independent gain from SNP

Cathedral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Russell (Incumbent)	522	60.4
	Independent	D McColville	342	39.6
Majority			180	20.8
Turnout			869	27.9
	Independent hold

New Elgin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R Hossack (Incumbent)	966	89.9
	Labour	F Curran	108	10.1
Majority			858	79.8
Turnout			1,074	34.6
	Independent hold

West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Stephens	631	50.2
	Independent	T McMillan (Incumbent)	627	49.8
Majority			4	0.4
Turnout			1,259	39.5
	Independent hold

Forres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Forbes (Incumbent)	854	69.1
	Independent	A Reid	382	30.9
Majority			472	38.2
Turnout			1,245	26.4
	Independent hold

Findhorn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Carr (Incumbent)	577	39.5
	Liberal	W Anderson	501	34.3
	SNP	L Munro	382	26.2
Majority			76	5.2
Turnout			1,461	41.5
	Independent hold

Laich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D Thompson (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lossiemouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Taylor (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Heldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Anderson (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Innes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Baxter (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Buckie West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Munro	562	41.9
	Independent	A Wilson	406	30.3
	Independent	E Brown (Incumbent)	374	27.9
Majority			156	11.6
Turnout			1,351	43.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Buckie East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	F Anderson	729	57.1
	Independent	E Douglas (Incumbent)	548	42.9
Majority			181	14.2
Turnout			1,286	40.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Rathford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Mair (Incumbent)	976	61.3
	Independent	D Pirie	617	38.7
Majority			359	22.6
Turnout			1,595	42.1
	Independent hold

Lennox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe	Unopposed
	SNP gain from Independent

Keith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	946	66.4
	Independent	L Hall	478	33.6
Majority			468	32.8
Turnout			1,425	42.3
	Independent hold

Strathisla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P Watt	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Speyside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,016	68.3
	SNP	P MacPherson	471	31.7
Majority			545	36.6
Turnout			1,491	48.0
	Independent hold

Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W McKenzie (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

References

1. "Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 55. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "Scottish District Elections 1977" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 13 July 2024.